The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
It feels like years since we’ve last seen anything about Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. Announced in early 2023 as a Switch exclusive, developer Level-5 has uploaded a new trailer to its Japanese YouTube channel that finally gives us an idea of what this game is about….
Well, this was a bit of unexpected news this morning! During the Level-5 Vision 2024 livestream, the company revealed a trailer for a brand-new series titled Holy Horror Mansion, referring to it as “The Next Concept for Yo-Kai Watch.” You can watch a three-minute teaser trailer below to catch a glimpse…
It’s almost time to party! Mario Party Jamboree is gearing up to be one of the most exciting entries on the Nintendo Switch, featuring a plethora of new and returning mini-games. In preparation of its October 17th release, Nintendo just dropped a brand-new overview trailer, showcasing over five minutes of…
Tomorrow, September 24, 2024, seems to be the day of live-stream events for game publishers. Sega announced just hours after Sony revealed plans for a PlayStation State of Play that it will be holding its Sonic-focused event in the form of “Sonic Central 2024” tomorrow. While there isn’t a lot…
It often feels like Nintendo and I have grown up together. For instance, Super Mario Bros. was released on the Famicom on September 13th, 1985—just six days before I was born, on September 19th, 1985. My family and friends like to joke that I couldn’t wait to enter the world…
Editor’s Note – Nostalgia is a powerful thing, isn’t it? While Nintendo Wire typically doesn’t cover PlayStation news, this morning’s announcement was filled with so much nostalgia that we just had to talk about it. While we’re all still reeling from the $700 sticker price for the PS5 Pro,…
Last night, Nintendo released a statement on social media and their Japanese website, stating that they would be joining forces with The Pokémon Company to sue Palworld developer Pocketpair for patent infringement. While no specific allegations have been made public yet, Palworld‘s developer, Pocketpair, has released a statement regarding the…
The classic formula established by the Pokémon franchise is one that has stood the test of time better than many others. While Pokémon does tend to monopolize the monster-catching RPG genre, a number of other series and games have used it as well. The most recent and arguably most successful…
There seem to be more rumors than ever regarding Nintendo nowadays. With the upcoming reveal of the Switch 2 nearly upon us and Nintendo’s back catalog of games being so rich, people keep hoping for the best and any tidbit of information will set their imaginations flying. According to dataminer…
Update: A source to the publication VGC has stated that the leaked images “match what the company has told partners to expect from its design”, adding a bit more validity to these rumors. Before anyone gets too excited, it’s important to note that everything we’re about to discuss is still…
Get ready for a blast from the past! Nintendo of America has just revealed that four more classic SNES titles will be added to Nintendo Switch Online tonight! Battletoads/Double Dragon, Big Run, Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle, and Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen’in Shūgō! have just been added…
It’s still a bit surreal to me, but Nintendo’s purple lunchbox is firmly a retro console at this point in time. Released in Japan and North America in 2001, the GameCube would be the first real “failure” Nintendo felt in the home console space until the Wii U. While it…
